Umbrella



March 16 1926.

1,577,356 T. PALLONE UMBRELLA 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed August 2, 1924 Thomas .Pallone ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Ma rch 16 1926.

T. PALLTONE UMBRELLA Filed August 2, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Thomas P4 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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Application filed August 2, 1924. Serial No. 729,782.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS PALLONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minerva, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to umbrellas of the class wherein the frame of the umbrella is rendered foldable to close it and to reduce its length so that the same can be folded into a small compact pacl age for convenience when carrying when not in use.

Another object is the provision, in a foldable umbrella, of means for effectively retaining the jointed parts in proper and firm alignment when the device is expanded or collapsed.

The invention further consists in the novel construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings which accompany and form part of this application Figure 1 is a partial sectional side elevation of the umbrella frame in open adjustment.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the elements constituting the frame in partly collapsed position.

Figure 8 is an enlarged substantially central longitudinal sectional view through the joint of one of the ribs of the umbrella frame.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the construction disclosed in Figure 3 Figure 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the clip ends constitutingone of the hinged members for the brace or stretcher rod and for the sections of the ribs.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the handle of the improvement and 2 the stick. The. stick is made up of any desired number of sections provided with interengaging means, such as reduced lugs which enter and frictionally One of the a spring stop 3, and the upper section is provided with a similar spring stop 4. The respective spring catches 3 and 4 are designed to engage in a notch in the runner 5 when the umbrella frame is collapsed and when in expanded position.

. will hereinafter be described.

The top notch, indicated by the numeral 6, has pivotally secured thereto in the usual manner the ribs of the, improvement. The ribs are formed of two members, the inner members which are pivoted to the top notch, being indicated by the numeral 7 and the outer rib members by the numeral 8. The sectional ribs 7' and 8 are pivotally connected together in a novel manner which In this connection, it may be well to state that the brace or stretcher rod sections are pivotally associated in the same manner as are the rib sections. The brace or stretcher rod members include inner sections 9 which are pivotallyassociated with the runner 5'in the usual manner and outer sections 10 which are pivotally secured to clips 11 on the inner rib sections 7. The joint between the stretcher rod and the rib sections is most clearly illustrated in Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings. By reference to these figures, it will be noted that there are secured around the ends of the stretcher rodv sections 10 and around the ends of the rib sections 7 split bands 12. These bands entirely envelop the cross sectionally U-shaped rib and rod sections and may be secured thereon in any desired or preferred manner. The split ends of the bands are disposed in parallelism beneath the rib sections 7 and above the rod sections 10, the same providing spring tongues 13. On the sides of the tongues, and inward of the ends thereof, there are upstanding cars 14 arranged outwardly and spaced from the, ends of the bands proper. The rod sections 9 and the rib sections 8 have their inner ends formed with substantially right angularly disposed lugs 15, the outer ends of which being rounded as are the outer corners thereof. These lugs are pivotally secured, as at 16, between the cars 14. In the showing of the drawings, I have disclosed the lugs 15 provided on split bands 17 which are secured around and in the channeled portions of the rib sections 8 but, if desired, the said lugs may be integrally formed with the said sections 8 and with the rod sections 9. When in parallel relation, that is, when the umbrella frame is expanded, the spring tongues 13 will bear against the inner and straight edges of the lugs 15, exerting a pressur thereagainst to hold the sections of the stretcher rod and the sections of the ribs in proper relation with respect to each other.

hen the rib sections 8 are folded over the rib sections 7. as disclosed by the dotted lines in Figure 3 of the drawings, the rounded outer ends of the offset lugs- 15 will be brought against the spring tongues 13. holding the sections 8 firmly against the rib sections 7. This is also true with respect to the sections 9 and 10 ofthe stretcher rod.

The fabric cover is arranged over the stretcher rod and secured to the ribs of the top notch in the usual manner, and it is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawin will fully set forth the simplicity of my construction and the advantages thereofto those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate and that further detailed description will not be required.

Having described the invention, 1 claim 2- A means for pivotally connecting the cross sectionally U-shaped rib sections of an umbrella frame, comprising split bands arranged over the confronting ends of umbrella sections, each having its lower portion bent under and against the inner sides of the cross sectionally U-shaped rib sections, one

of said bands having spaced outstanding ears, and lower spring tongues beneath the ears, and the second band having singularly disposed lugs Whose outer ends are rounded upwardly from the band and which lugs are centrally pivoted between. the cars so that the inner edges thereof will be contacted by the spring tongues when the rib sections are arran ed in parallelism and also whereby the rounded ends of the said lugs will frictionally contact with the said tongues when the outer rib section is swung over the inner rib section.

1111 testimony whereof I afiix my signature THOMAS PALLONE. 

